Ticket Donation Requests

The Minnesota Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that supports other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations through ticket donations for fundraising silent auctions.

Priority is given to the following:

Education organizations

County historical societies

Arts organizations

Social service organizations

Medical organizations and medical research

We regret we are unable to make donations to the following types of benefits and organizations:

Benefits for a specific individual or family

Fundraisers for political purposes

Fundraisers for religious organizations

Secondary requests on behalf of a national organization (for-profit organizations or individuals raising money for another group such as United Way, American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen, etc…)

In addition:

We do not issue monetary donations

Donations are limited to fundraising events only; we do not provide door prizes

Requests must be received 8-12 weeks prior to your event and submitted via the online form only. We no longer accept mailed request for donations. Requests may take up to 4 weeks to process. Approved requests will be sent via ground mail. No phone call solicitations, please. All fields are required; incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Because of the number of requests we receive for donations, we are not able to honor every request.

To submit a request, please use our contact form and select "Ticket Donation Requests."